When the trains stop
Southend Airport station runs to London Liverpool Street via the Greater Anglia line, with the last departure typically around 23:00 on weekdays and earlier on Sundays. Late-arriving flights — and Southend takes a lot of them — regularly land after that.
What is left after the last train
- Nothing much on rail. The next train is in the morning.
- Taxi rank. Thin after the last flight; a handful of cars for a full aircraft.
- Ride-hail. Coverage in Southend after midnight is patchy and surges when a delayed flight lands.
- Pre-booked fixed-fare car. A driver assigned to you, waiting, whatever time you land.
What a car costs
Southend to central London is around 40 miles. Southend to Essex towns — Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford — is much shorter and cheaper. Every fare is fixed at booking with no night surcharge: a 01:00 pickup costs the same as a 13:00 one.
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Flying into Southend again?
Book the car when you book the flight. We flight-track every booking, so a delayed arrival simply means the driver waits — free, for 60 minutes from actual landing. Southend airport transfers.